Curtain-rod.



No. 663,848. Patented Dec. l8, I900.

H. T. BARNWELL.

' CURTAIN ROD.

(Application filed Oct. 12, 1900.\

7 (No Model.)

NITED STATES a mu.

HARRY T. BARNWELL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CURTAIN-ROD.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,848, datedDecember 18, 1900.

Application filed October 12, 1900. Serial No. 32,819. on model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY T. BARNWELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCurtain-Rods, of which the following is a specification, referones beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings. 3'

My invention relates to metallic curtainrods which have tubular bodiesand whose heads are affixed to the rod member.

The object of my invention is to construct a curtain-rod of minimumweight at small cost having great durability. Heretofore attempts havebeen made to secure these ends by joining the parts with solder orinserting wood into a hollow metallic head, but in practical use theseexpedients have been ineffective. I secure the desired objects by meansof the construction hereinafter described, and illustrated in thedrawings, wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of a section of mycurtain-rod Fig. 2, a central vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 aperspective view of a part of the rod member.

Similar letters indicate similar parts throughout the several views.

I construct my device as follows: A circular cap of thin sheet metala isstruck up, having one or more concentric shoulders b 19. These form anexterior ornamentation of the rod-head exterior and afford on theinterior of the head a suitable bearing for the rodbody. This cap, whichforms the front of the head, is spun, swaged, or otherwise joined to therear member a of the head, which is also struck up from thin metal,having a circular opening d to allow the passage of the rod member 6therethrough. The rod member e is tubular, having near its endspring-tongues m m, formed by cutting circular pieces in the rod member,on opposite sides thereof, whose free extremities normally project abovethe surface of the rod-member. The head and body members are united byinserting the rod member, with its spring-tongues, through the opening dinto the head until its end contacts with the head-cap a and abutsagainst the inner concentric shoulder 19. The moment the rod endcontacts as above the spring-tongues m m immediately expand and engagethe rear head-plate 0, thus uniting the head to the rod in such a firmmanner that the periphery of the head can have no lateral motion.

The outer concentric shoulder b is pro-' vided in order to make thefront cap a suitable as a bearing for a rod end of greater diameter thanthat shown when such size is desired.

Having thus described my in vention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A curtain-rod consisting of a tubular rod member, spring-tongues onboth sides of the tubular rod member, and a hollow head member whoserear face is provided with a concentric shoulder for engaging the end ofthe rod member in conjunction with the rear portion of the head.

2. A curtain-rod consisting of a tubular rod member, havingspring-tongues cut from both sides of the same, and a hollow head memberadapted to be locked thereon by means of said tongues and a concentricshoulder on the inner face of the head.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY T. BARNWELL.

Witnesses:

MARY F. CADY,

HORATIO E. BELLOWS.

